Means for tying wires to insulators, &amp;c.



No. 878,520. PATBNTED FEB. 11, 1908.

.L. W. GERDON.

MEANS FOR TYING WIRES T0 INSULATORS, &c.

APPLICATION FILED OGT.14.1907.

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LEWIS W. GEBDONQOF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWIN l.

' BARNES, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

MEANS FOR TYING WIRES TO INSULATORS, &c.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1998.

Application filed October 14. 1907, Serial No. 397,375.

{To all whom it may comer 1a.:

it known that l, LEWIS .W. .GERDON, a citizen of the United States of America, res ding st hilesdville, in the county of Crowford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lrlesns for 'lying' Wires to Insulators, 6 cc. and I hereby declare the followto he s full, clear, and exact description or" the invent-i n, such as will enshle others skilled in the to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful impro enients in line construction for t'clc graph, telephone and similar circuits.

'lhc inject oi this iur ention is to provide a new tir for securing the line wire to the insulater which he readily applied, which will accomplish a saving in time and mat eriall cover the tie now employed and which will cfl'ec iuslly prevent the sagging or twisting of the wire at the point of support.

Generally speaking: the invenlion may he defined as consisting ol' the features of condescrihed in the specification. pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the ocr'onipsnjzing drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a vie showing an insulator, a portion of the line wire and a tie wire in the first position. Fig. 2 is asimilar View show ing the tie wire with one loop around the insulator beneath the line wire. Figs. 3 and 4: v ews from oppos te sides showing the compl dr lic.

Again rel'crring lo the drawings 1 represents is it insulator of the usuo l type which may r he merge of glass or other suitable meter-ml and h; the usual groove 2 [or receiving the line e 3.

otes the main portion of the tie wire and 4 the it e end thereof. In forming the improved tie the tie wire laid diagonally of the groove in lhe insulator and across lhe line wire so that the free end 4' thereof is bore the line wire and lhc nmin purl ol" the tie wire 4 is below the line wire. The end "1' of the lie "ro is held stiitionury and the rust of the isoarricd hock around the groove in the 'insi ilstor parullol with the bottom ridge of suiii groove and is brought out at the front again underneath the line wire and is carried lisgonslly across the groove and over the line wire, mud the tie wirc so that the cod thereof is shore the line wire, and lhc lie wire then as shown in Fig. 2. llolhcnds of the wire are then carried back around the groove end are twisted together diametrically opposite the point where the line wire touches the insulstor. It will therefore be observed that where the line wire touches the insulator it is bound thereto by two thicknesses or strands of the tie wire and at each side of this point it is supported in the loops formed by the tie wire extending around shove and beneath the line wire. The line wire is therefore revented from sagging or twisting as it won: d if it had but :1 single point of support as with the ties now generally used. Furthermore in making the tie at present in use the ends of the tiewire are twisted around the line wire and this of course has to be done with a suitchlc tool and in twisting the tie Wire around the line wire the tool comes in contact with the line wire and not infrequently cuts or notches the line wire which causes the line wire to breslr at the point where it has been injured, when it'has been in service for a. time. Informing my improved tic the tool does not come in contact with the line wire at all as itis not neccssary to use the tool except when the ends of the tie wire are twisted together and this of course takes place at the opposite side of the insulator to that on which the line wire is bound. A further advantage resulting" from the fact that the tie-wire is not twisted around the line wire but is in reality one member of a clump of which the insulator is the other member is that in cusc the insulator hecomcs broken and falls oil its support the tie wire will also full oil of the line wire of its own weight. T his prevents a frequent cause of line trouble now met with for when the tie wire remains attached to the line ti e alter the breaking of the insulator the projectingporlion of the tie wire comes in contact with adjacent line wi cs causing entanglement of lhc lino wires and sliortcircuiling thereof. Furthermore the line repairer does not have to expend any time in disengaging the tief from the line wire which operation, were it necessary, would also im olve the danger of injuring the line wire as before explained.

hat ll claim is, I 1. The combination with an insulator and :1 line wire ol a lie for binding the line wire'to the insulator consistiugol' two members each said members intersecting with each other I together forming a second loop above the and crossing the line wire at the point where first-mentioned loop. the line wire is in contact with the insulator. i

4. The combination with an insulator and 2. The combination with an insulator and l a line wire of a tie for binding the line wire to a line wire of a tie for binding the line wire to i the insulator consisting of a wire extending the insulator consisting of two loops each of i around the insulator below the line wire and which completely encircles the insulator, said E crossing the line wire where it contacts with loops crossing each other and the line wire the insulator and extending again around the where the line wire is in contact with the in- I su ator.

ends united together. 3. The combination with an insulator hav- 5 In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing ing a wire groove and acline wire adaptedto 5 specification, in the presence of two wit lie in said groove of a tie wire bent around nesses. said insulator forming a loop around the bottom of the groove, the ends of said loop being I crossed over said line wire and each other 1 and bent around the insulatorand twisted LEWIS W. GERDOX. Witnesses YIcToR C. LYNCH, X. L. MoDoNNELL.

l insulator above the line wire and having its. 

